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Re: Navigating from tab to tab panel

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From: Mark Magennis
Date: Sep 27, 2017 8:49AM

Thanks for the reply Mohith.

> The suggestion you proposed works good provided:
> 1. Initially none of the tabs are expanded

I see your point, and it arises whenever a panel (except the last) is open. But it only means that the tab group works as a single element in focus mode only but not in browse mode.

> 2. In the list of tabs when enter is pressed to activate the tab the
> focus is automatically moved to the beginning of the tab panel with
> JAVA script.

Okay, although this method only works if the Enter key press is required to open a tab panel, not if it opens when the tab receives focus.

> Proposal of providing a skip link at the end of the tabpanel back to
> the tablist was mostly rejected by designers.

On what grounds did they reject it? Wouldn't any arguments for and against it be the same as those for a skip link at the top of the page?

Mark

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